“Because I think as a coach the biggest frustration is not the result because sometimes a bad result can happen,” Mourinho added. “We prepared the team to be more aggressive, to attack the last line much more and that connection between defenders in possession and attacking players didn’t work. As well as Matic, Mourinho praised young midfielder Scott McTominay, although even those words were peppered with criticism of others. “McTominay lost more passes today than in all the matches he played together, but he was a Manchester United player. And for me a Manchester United player is a player that, when he plays bad, he gives to the team,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times March 17, 2018 23:03 UTC